Bottle-cooling box



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UNITED STATES PATENT: OFFICE onnsrnn A. rnrcx, or MUNCIE, INDIANA, Assrenoa TO GLASOOCK Bnornnns Mrs. COMPANY, or MUNCIE, In'nrmva, A conronarron or INDIANA BOTTLE-COOLING BOX Application filed February 6, 1928. Serial No. 252,090.

My invention relates to improvements in refrigerators for bottled goods and the like and particularly for bottled carbonated beverages. It has for one of its objects the provision of a refrigerator forbottled carbonated beverages which may be cheaply manufactured, readily assembled, permit of an all metal structure, and other objects and advantages which will appear more fully in the accompanying specification and claims.

For the purpose of disclosing my invention I have illustrated one embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings in which- Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a refrigerator embodying my invention; I i

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line aka of Fig. 1; I L

Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the refrigerator; 7

Fig. 6 is a partial plan partialsec'tional' detail view;

I Fig. 7 is a detail section showing the support for the tub carrying frame;

Fig. 8 is a detail perspective of the frame carrying angle;

Fig. 9 is a detail section of a bottom corner showing the bracing of the frame;

Fig. 10 is a sectional view on the line 1010 of Fig. 9

Fig. 11 is a detail section, of the cover hinge taken on the line 1111 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 12 is a detail section of the cover Fig. 13 is a transverse section of one of the bottle tube covers, and

Fig. 1 1 is a detail of the bottom sembly.

In the structure illustrated the outer' enclosing casing or frame comprises four angles 1 which provide the corner posts and are extended to provide legs 2. Between the posts, panels 3 are arranged being secured in position by bolts 4: extending through the angles and through the panels, the panels being formed of sheet metal preferably. This outer enclosing frame structure has supported therein at its top, an inner rectangular frame formed of channel members 5 which are panel asbrazed or welded at their mitered corners 6. This frame is supported from supporting members, one at eachfcorner post and each comprising an angle 7, the top of which is slit and the two sides turned inwardly to form horizontal rests 8. These angles as shown'in Fig. 7, are secured in position to the corner posts by the same bolts 4 which secure the panels in position and therectangular frame at each. corner rests uponthe horizontal por-' tions 8. Between the front and back chan nels of the rectangular frame is supported a pair of cross bars 9 preferably in the form of channelsand the bottom of the channel at its ends is turned upwardly to receive securing bolts 10 which pass throughthe same and through thesidewalls of the front and back channels of the outer frame. This framework provides a supporting means for the outer and inner corrugated'tubs Which form the channels through which the bottles are adapted to be fed. The outer corrugated tub 11 is preferably U shape, having'flat ends 12, the corrugations extending outwardly and this tub is supported from the rectangular frame by being spot welded or otherwise secured at the point of contact of the corrugations with the frame. The inner tub 13 nest-s the outer tub and is supported from the cross channels 9 by having the corrugations, which extend in the opposite direction to the corrugations of the outer tub, weldcdor otherwise secured to the cross braces 9 at their pointof contact. The ends 14 of this tub, like the outertub, are flat. It will thus be observed that by the assembly of the two tubs I provide a series'of Ushaped water communicating tubular channels through which the bottles may be fed in end to end relation. The space between the two tubs maybe filled with water or other cooling medium and the inner tub provides a compartment for the reception of a suitable refrigerant, suchas ice, or brine,

it being obvious, however, that a mechanical refrigerant may be placed in the inner tub in lieu of ice. The top of the casing and the tubs, except the inner tub, is covered by a suitable cover plate which at its outer edges is bent downwardlyto form a lip 15 overhangring the panels 3 and the corner posts and secured in position by means of bolts 16 passing through the lip, the panel and the corner posts. Other bolts may be used at intervals if desired to secure the lip to the sides of the channels 5. This cover plate has a central opening and at the edges of this opening the material is turned down to form an annular lip 17. At the tops of the tubular channels openings 18 are provided in the cover plate to permit the insertion of the bottles into the channels and these openings are normally ly as at 25. This lip 2% fits in a suitable slot in the cover plate and thus provides a hinge on which the cover plate may rotate. The structure is such that at any time the cover plate 19 may beremoved from position.

Between the refrigerator opening in the top plate and the rear of the casing the top plate is provided with an insulation which may be in the form of ground cork or the like laid in a bottom plate which at its front and rear. edges is turned up at 26, being secured to cross members 27 and 28 extending between the channels 9. The opening to the refrigerant containing compartment is normally maintained closed by a cover 29 consisting ofa top plate 30 and a bottom plate 31. At its edges the bottom plate 31 is turned upwardly and then outwardly and again upwardly to lie parallel with the down turned edge of the top plate 30, the two plates being secured together by suitable bolts. The space between the plates is filled with suitable insulating material, suchas ground cork or the like and at the rear of each side, pins 32 are secured which rest in recesses 33 and provide hinges for permitting the raising of the cover to permit access to the refrigerant chamber.

The space between the outer tub and the panels is filled with insulating material 34:

which may be ground cork, mineral wool, or-

any other suitable material: and the bot-tom is then closed by a bottom closure. For securing the bottom in position I secure along the bottom edge of each of the panels an angle, the vertical side 35 of: which is bolted or otherwise secured to the panel by means of bolts 36and the horizontal portion 37 of which is turned inwardly beneath the edge of the panel. This portion has a downwardly ex tending lip or flange 38.

, Extending between the two side angles is a channel member 39, inverted and having its ends resting on the portion 37 of the bot tom edge angles. The bottom closure members comprise flat plates 40 the edges of which are turned downwardly and then upwardly as at 41 and 42 and receive between them the down turned flange 38 and also the down turned sides of the center channel 39, bolts being passed through the various portions for locking them in position.

Before fitting the bottom plates in position I preferably brace the corners at the bottom by triangular bracing plates as, the edges of which are turned up at 44, and 15 the turned up edges 15 being secured in position against the panels and the bottom edge angles by the bolts 36.

Beneath the bottom the extensions 2 of the corner angles are braced by triangular bracing plates 46, the upper edges of which are turned inwardly beneath the member 37 and secured thereto by bolts and the vertical edges of which are secured to the corner post by brazing, bolting, or the like.

In order to maintain the water level in the inner tub at a definite height and in order to drain both the inner and outer tubs when desired, I provide a drain fitting including a valve casing a7 which has a drain connection as with the inner tub and a drain connection 49 with the outer tub. This casing is valve is rotated in a predetermined position,

to coincide with the drain connections8 and 4-9, The valve is hollow and the casing 41-7 is connected by a pipe 5 1 with a T coupling having a drain connection 56 with the inner tub and at a point above the bottom of the inner tub. An operating handle rod 57 extends from the top of the structure through the pipe 5% to the valve 51 for manipulating the same. It will be seen that from the above structure the overflow drain is always open to the pipe 50 and that by turning the valve 51 to a predetermined position both tubs may be completely drained.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with an enclosing casing including angle corner posts and side panels secured tosaid corner posts, of supporting members, an outer U shaped corrugated tub corner posts, a substantially rectangular frame arranged to rest on said supporting members, and outer U shaped corrugated tub carried by said frame, cross members extending between the front and rear members of said frame and a substantially U shaped corrugated tub carried by said cross members and arranged to co-operate with said outer tub to form a plurality of U shaped channels.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with'a casing including angle corner posts'and side panels secured to said corner posts, of supporting members cured within the angles of said corner posts, a substantially rectangular frame comprising channel members mounted Within said casing and resting on said supporting members, an outer substantially U shaped corrugated tub directly connected to the side members of said rectangular frame, a pair of cross channels secured to the end members of said frame and extending parallel with the side members and a second substantially U shaped corrugated tub connected at its upper end directly to said cross members.

In Witness whereof, I, CHESTER A. FRICK, have hereunto set my hand at Muncie, Indiana, this 3rd day of February, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.

CHESTER A. FRIGK.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,728,535. Granted September 17, 1929, to

CHESTER A. FRICK.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 117, claim 1, after the word "members" and before the comma insert the words "mounted within the angle of the corner posts"; same claim, line 117, strike out the Words and comma "an outer U shaped corrugated tub c'orner posts, and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 15th day of October, A. D. 1929.

M. J. Moore, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents/ 

